psychosocial
/ˌsaɪ̯.kəʊ̯ˈsəʊ̯.ʃəl/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.88 in modern English
24
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Having both psychological and social aspects.
Example Sentences
- "It seems to me that most of those who adhere to an organicist position in psychiatry espouse a system of values of which they are unaware. They imply that they recognize as scientific only physics (and its branches), but instead of asserting this, they say that they object to psychosocial theories only because they are false."
- "Erikson's stages of psychosocial development, as articulated in the second half of the 20th century by Erik Erikson in collaboration with Joan Erikson,^([1]) is a comprehensive psychoanalytic theory that identifies a series of eight stages that a healthy developing individual should pass through from infancy to late adulthood."
Etymology
Etymology tree Ancient Greek ψῡχή (psūkhḗ) Ancient Greek ψῡχο- (psūkho-)der. English psycho- Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *sokʷéh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ṓy Proto-Indo-European *sokʷh₂ṓy Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Indo-European *sokʷyós Proto-Italic *sokjos Latin sokios Latin socius Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin sociālisbor. Middle French socialbor. English social English psychosocial From psycho- + social.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌsaɪ̯.kəʊ̯ˈsəʊ̯.ʃəl/
- British English: /ˌsaɪ̯.kəʊ̯ˈsəʊ̯.ʃəl/